Example sentences of "not [verb] [pers pn] on [art] " in BNC.
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1 | He became concerned when he could not locate him on the premises , because Mr Jowett was due to take over the lambing . |
2 | French superstar Zafonic was pulled out of the St James 's Palace Stakes when owner Prince Khalid Abdulla decided not to risk him on the rain-softened surface . |
3 | They might not make 'em on a Sunday |
4 | But you must not build them on the graveyard . |
5 | I also advised him that if he were not to accept it on the spot he should defer any decision on it until after he had concluded his coincidental visit to the Province today . |
6 | ‘ I 'd rather not discuss it on the phone . |
7 | I 'm not keeping him on the hop , but I am making a joke of things . |
8 | You must be careful not to overdo it on the beach however , because the nightlife in Malia is simply explosive . |
9 | You 'd be well advised not to overdo it on the old liquid refreshment , however , as the return leg beside the river involves crossing an awful lot of stiles . |
10 | Yet I recently visited a hi-tech company which was fully conversant with activity-based costing yet did not do it on a regular annual basis . |
11 | Do they not do it on a Thursday ? |
12 | Watch out for a driver or cyclist who has not seen you on the crossing — Rules 10 , 11 , 12 and 13 . |
13 | Classic ritual of the disappointing album : buy it at the Megastore ; go for coffee as a way of prolonging the moment of consumption , rip off the cellophane , remove the card inlay ( taking care not to tear it on the little perspex teeth ) and scan the lyrics ( Giddy-up giddy-up giddy-up whoa/My pony boy ’ — shit ! ) ; tube home ( further lyric-skimming ) ; feed it to the CD player , skip to the second track while still halfway through the first , sample that , move on , hop and jump to the end and start wondering about forthcoming birthdays — then back to the beginning in the hope that maybe it is , as we used to say , a grower . |
14 | Because if he treated her as her father had treated Odette , she knew she would not bear it so patiently , would not bless him on the day he finally left her , as Odette had done , but would go after him with a knife to hunt him down . |
15 | Then why not join me on an exciting tour of Europe next year ? |
16 | She had decided , quietly confident that it was safe to do so , not to accompany him on a tour of some Greek islands , and he had taken instead her of the cross-eyes etc . |
17 | Most children do grow out of their sensitivities gradually , and it is important not to keep them on a restricted diet any longer than necessary . |
18 | and I 've we 've taken the the old settee down to Carrie 's and moved the two seater and the armchair down this end and they flew in tonight straight up on the sofa , I said to it 's gon na be tough for a week or so but they 've got ta get used to staying on the floor , I 'm not having them on the furniture all the time cos they just absolutely ruin it ! |
19 | What galls the most is not having him on the subs bench . |
20 | But at £2 each , they are expensive and last year the Department of Health ordered GPs not to prescribe them on the NHS . |
21 | Unfortunately , the newspaper reporter did not press him on the point . |
22 | When I started meeting people , even previous to the job I was in , right ? er you tend to get too too friendly and not keep it on a on a business basis like . |
23 | But we need our own voice and vote at the top table to take us to the heat of Europe , not leave us on the periphery . ’ |
24 | ‘ Why they are not playing it on the Saturday , I do n't know . |
25 | You better not get it on the furniture as well , keep it away from the furniture , now put it on the paper or else do n't use it |
26 | We would have to hope for a Tory victory , but , because of the uncertainty about the outcome of the election , he could not put her on the waiting list . |
27 | If there 's no room on your mantelpiece , could you not put him on a stick for a scarecrow ? |
28 | mm he 'd not put it on the drive this time |
29 | I 'm not leaving you on the Moor by — yourself , so make up your mind which you prefer . " |
30 | She did not share Baldwin 's intellectual or aesthetic tastes , and she did not accompany him on the long walks which were a staple part of his recreation in Worcestershire or at Aix . |